Sartrean Dialectics: A Method for Critical Discourse on Aesthetic Experience

By Roxanne Claire Farrar

This book presents a modification of the dialectical method of Jean-Paul Sartre as a tool for critical discourse on aesthetic experience. Three practical demonstrations are offered of the modified progressive-regressive method: (1) on the original location and function of a medieval altarpiece, (2) on a theme in the literature of the Marquis de Sade, and (3) on a theory of consciousness in a novel by Samuel Beckett. The study concludes with guidelines on how the method may enhance critical discourse in teaching.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042012323
• ISBN13: 9789042012325
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"